Are Google’s Sitelinks preying on these local Scotts Valley chiropractors?
Do a search on “Scotts Valley chiropractic” and you’ll likely find:
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No need to fake address in Google Places. Just move instead.
Being close to city center isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Or is it?
Recently, I set up a client in Google Places and he quickly rose to the first page. But the other day he suddenly disappeared as did several others. Clearly Google had changed its algorithm because I had done nothing to the listing or his website. On top of that, for some reason Google decided that only three Google Place results (the ones with the little red pin) deserved to be on the first page.
Why, I wondered, would Google only show 3 when there is room for 10?
SEO site audit: 7 essential steps for optimizing a local consulting business to show up in Google’s Lucky 7 Pak
This week’s winner of our Free Friday SEO audit that we give away on our Facebook page, is System Savvy Consulting, a professional organizer for businesses and homes.
As I looked over the site, I saw many of the same things missing that I see each week in other local business websites, so I decided to address the 7 essential elements that are necessary for all local business to incorporate into their websites if they have any hope of making it into Google’s 7 pak that comes up on the first page. (The 7 pak are the 7 local listings that Google gives preferential treatment to for local searches. They are identified with the red pin.)
